Safety is the highest priority across all of KAI’s business activities.
By making safety a part of daily practice, KAI consistently achieves its zero-accident goal in aircraft development, production, and test flights.
To maintain a cutting-edge aviation safety management system,
KAI focuses on proactively identifying, evaluating, and mitigating safety risks, while continuing to foster an advanced safety culture.
To ensure systematic and sustainable growth in aviation safety, KAI has established a robust organizational structure led by the CEO.
This includes the General Safety Manager, Chief Safety Manager, and department-level safety officers who collaborate closely and
promote active communication to strengthen proactive risk control.
KAI reviews and updates its aviation safety performance indicators (SPIs) and goals annually.
Progress is monitored and assessed on a quarterly basis to ensure continued alignment with safety objectives.
To prepare for potential emergencies during aircraft development, manufacturing, and
test flights, KAI conducts more than four emergency response drills annually.
These drills enhance initial response capabilities and incorporate self-assessments to identify issues and
implement improvements, ensuring timely and effective response in real-life situations.

Aviation Safety Risk Management

KAI has established an aviation safety risk management system to identify and analyze aviation safety hazards in advance, assess the level of risk, and implement preventive measures to mitigate risks. KAI strengthens preventive measures by collecting various safety data and measuring and analyzing risks, and it takes appropriate mitigation measures according to the degree of risk at the risk assessment stage.

Aviation Safety Assurance

We conduct internal aviation safety audits. When deficiencies are found, we issue corrective action requests and implement improvements, continuously monitoring their effectiveness. Following our SMS manual, we analyze internal audit results and incorporate them into future audit plans to ensure continuous improvement. We also establish and implement targeted mitigation measures tailored to each season to address potential seasonal safety risks in flight and production proactively. We conduct continuous aviation safety oversight in response to the increased frequency and complexity of test flights due to aircraft development, mass production, and seasonal factors. Through the integrated management of human, material, and environmental factors, we strive to minimize operational risks and prevent safety incidents before they occur.

Aviation Safety Promotion Activities

To strengthen and reinforce employees’ safety awareness, KAI holds an annual company-wide “Safety Day” event. This occasion reaffirms the organization’s commitment to embedding safety into everyday practices and highlights the CEO’s SMS Commitment Statement, emphasizing a return to safety fundamentals. As part of the event, industry experts are invited to deliver lectures, equipping employees with the latest knowledge and information to support ongoing safety improvement. We also boost pride and motivation by recognizing individuals and teams for their contributions to safety and for achieving accident-free flight targets. To further promote employee participation, safety competitions and symposiums are also held in parallel. Moreover, biannual flight safety meetings are conducted with test pilots and engineers to listen to voices from the field and apply their feedback to improve the flight safety environment.

Aviation Safety Training

We have developed an online aviation safety course and mandate that all employees complete it twice a year. We also appoint safety managers in each department, supporting their professional development through specialized training programs to cultivate a team of skilled experts. Furthermore, we host lectures by human factors experts for managers and flight personnel at least twice annually.